Wilberforce

[ wil-ber-fawrs, -fohrs ]

noun

1. William, 1759–1833, British statesman, philanthropist, and writer.

Wilberforce

/ ˈwɪlbəˌfɔːs /

noun

1. WilberforceSamuel18051873MBritishRELIGION: clergyman Samuel. 1805–73, British Anglican churchman; bishop of Oxford (1845–69) and Winchester (1869–73)
2. WilberforceWilliam17591833MBritishPOLITICS: politicianPHILANTHROPY: philanthropistPOLITICS: anti-slavery campaigner his father, William. 1759–1833, British politician and philanthropist, whose efforts secured the abolition of the slave trade (1807) and of slavery (1833) in the British Empire

Example Sentences

Invoking Wilberforce allows conservatives like DeMint to pretend that he, not Calhoun, is their moral lodestar and inspiration.

From The Daily Beast

People like Wilberforce who persisted for years because of his faith and because of his love for people.

From The Daily Beast

Since 1789 Wilberforce had been working on a committee for collecting evidence with respect to the slave trade.

From Project Gutenberg

It was not his, and he suspected, by the initials on the inside, that it belonged to Canon Wilberforce.

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In 1792, Wilberforce carried a Bill for the gradual abolition of the slave trade.

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He was at Archdeacon Wilberforce's next day, where a curious circumstance developed.

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Mr. Wilberforce and Mr. S. Wortley occupied the first carriage.

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